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Title:

Reconstruction : voices from America's first great struggle for racial equality / Brooks D. Simpson, editor.

Publisher:

Library of America,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

xxix, 778 pages ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
United States--Social aspects.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects.
Race discrimination--United States--History.

Other Authors:

Simpson, Brooks D., editor.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 690-757) and index.

Summary:

"The defeat of the Confederacy and the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment in 1865 brought about the final destruction of slavery in the United States. Americans were confronted for the first time with the possibility of creating a republic dedicated to the principle of racial equality. What followed over the next twelve years was one of the most complex, inspiring, and ultimately tragic eras in American history. Reconstruction: Voices From America's First Great Struggle For Racial Equality brings this tumultuous and fateful period to dramatic and violent life through the vivid testimony of more than sixty participants and observers. Here is a vitally important book for anyone interested in this crucial period and its inescapable relevance for today." -- Book jacket.

Series:

Library of America ; 303

ISBN:

1598535552
9781598535556

OCLC:

(OCoLC)987279226

LCCN:

2017939512

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

FWPE284 -- Manchester Public Library (Manchester)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)